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Al’s Pals
Minnesota Senate hopeful Al Franken is the luckiest kid in the world because: A. He outraised Republican incumbent Norm Coleman during the second quarter of 2007. B. He’s got a ton of grassroots supporters sending him in small donations from around the country – donors he can go back to again and again. C. He’s…
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Alternative Jewelry
Some Jewish kids secretly long for sparkling Christmas trees and candy-filled Easter baskets, but Carlen Altman was always drawn to another, more pious Christian symbol: the rosary. So the 23-year-old stand-up comedian took matters into her own hands and started making Jewish rosaries. “I wanted to create something funny and stylish,” said the New York…
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Yidcore’s Revolution-less Rock
The Ramones, a bunch of mostly Jewish New Yorkers, invented punk rock in 1974. Ironically, then, the only way to see a great, explicitly Jewish punk band today is to hop on a flight to Australia. There, some mohawk-sporting former yeshiva high-school students have been playing in a band called Yidcore for more than half…
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The Heroes Who Aren’t
Like all boringly self-congratulatory hipster parents, I force my children to absorb the pop culture I deem groovy. Maxine, at 2, wears her Coney Island Mermaid Parade shirt; Josie, 5, bops around the house to the Ramones. We avoid eye-singeing tacky microchippy toys in favor of the Lincoln Logs and Tinkertoys of my own childhood….
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The Simpsons: A Jewish Link
While attending a Jewish day school, Noah Gradofsky, a young fan of the long-running cartoon series “The Simpsons,” had a passing idea to turn an episode into a mock page of Talmud. Years later, in rabbinical school, Gradofsky first put the idea on paper or, more accurately, on a Web site. The Simpsons Talmud, based…
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Bush: Millions to Palestinians; Congress: ‘Not One Cent’ Without Monitoring
Last week, President Bush promised to give the Palestinians $190 million in aid and another $80 million in security assistance. But it won’t be all that easy — at least not as far as Congress is concerned. Democrat Steve Rothman and Republican Mike Pence started circulating today a letter to the White House calling on…
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Rep. Steve Kagen Earns a B+
As the 2008 contest swings into gear, Campaign Confidential is busy collecting some Congressional report cards. Several Jewish freshmen from swing districts are expected to face stiff competition, including Democratic physician Steve Kagen of Wisconsin. Last time around, Kagen beat out the the state’s Assembly Speaker, Republican John Gard, for an open seat in the…
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In Case You Missed It, Feel More than Free to Call Rudy a Hawk
I have a story up this week about the prominent neocons tapped by presidential contender Rudy Giuliani as foreign policy advisers. In case you had any doubt, our headline – “Giuliani Stacks Campaign Staff With a Who’s Who Of Mideast Hawks” – is just the message Team Rudy is looking to send. On Wednesday night,…
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Dolly Parton Honored by SHOF
**DOLLY PARTON SPARKLES AT SONGWRITERS HALL OF FAME GALA ** “You meet the most interesting people in the ladies room,” I said to wasp-waisted, mammary-endowed Dolly Parton. “Even stars have to pee,” was her cheery comeback. Recipient of the Johnny Mercer Award at the June 7 Songwriters Hall of Fame dinner, she was described by…
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What Happens When Mom Goes To Congress?
The Washington Post has a great story today about the record (albeit still pretty miniscule) number of women in Congress with children under the age of 13. The grand total, by the way, is 10. This is in a year when the total number of women in Congress is itself at a record high, with…
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Who’s the toughest on Iran and who has time for that anyway?
The Israel Project took to Capitol Hill toady to launch its petition against Iran’s nuclear bomb. The initial invitation to the event stated that “all presidential candidates have been invited to speak” but none of them showed up in person. Barack Obama sent a staffer with a statement and the rest just emailed in their…
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